Samir Nasri, who was instrumental in helping Manchester Citywin the Premier League title, was left out of France’s World Cup squad when Didier Deschamps unveiled a 23-man list plus seven standby players on Tuesday.
Nasri, was a notable absentee along with defender Eric Abidal.
Abidal, who has been used sparingly by Claudio Ranieri at Monaco during the second part of the season, has been deemed not good enough to travel to Brazil.
French radio RMC reported that Abidal, 34, is retiring from international football.
“Samir is an important player for Manchester City but he has not performed that well with France,” Deschamps told French TV channel TF1.”
